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Registration opens this Saturday, December 2 at 10 a.m. 2024 Taproot Summer Camps include: Taproot Leadership Camp (TLC) Sleep-away camp for rising 7th-Graders to rising 11th-Graders, June 7-15 Sprouts Camp half-day camp for kids ages 3-5 Cambium Camp full-day camp for kids ages 5-8 Sapling Camp full-day camp for kids ages 8-12 Like last summer, […]
Welcome to fall Taproot! Here’s an update as we close out October: Sprouts and ASP We’ve relished the chilly mornings and sun-soaked afternoons full of friendly human interaction and rich nature connection! The Taproot Kids in the Sprouts and After-School Programs have been busy building fairy communities and sand canal systems, climbing trees, harvesting mushrooms […]
We are excited to update you on the continued growth of the Taproot programs in Ecuador! Almuerzos is the program we founded and fund to support in-need seniors in the community with weekly meals. Taproot travelers will have multiple opportunities to participate in meal preparation and delivery, and chances to meet Roque, Tere, and Ele, […]
The bad news is we only have one week of camp left. The good news is we still have one week of camp left! This summer is ripening like a peach and the Taproot Kids and teachers are enjoying it to the fullest. It has been a rich and amazingly fun summer, but not without […]
I’ve been eager to send a newsletter to the Taproot Community, telling about some new Family Taproot events, August All-Day Programs we’ve added to the schedule, remind people about fall Sprouts and After-School Program, and tell them about the amazing Taproot friends Bur Oak Land Trust and the Johnson County Conservation Board. I also wanted […]
Not surprisingly, I am late to the game of nature apps. An important part of Taproot is freeing us from our screens. I recently downloaded the Merlin app, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, which tells you which birds are singing in the vicinity. It’s a lot of fun! But I quickly noticed that as […]
We are delighted to open registration for the inaugural class of the Taproot Foundations program for high school students! Built on Taproot’s principles of unconditional positive regard, nonviolent communication, and a deep connection with nature, Foundations is an 11-month program that explores self-understanding, health, communication, goal setting, community involvement, and finding purpose, among other important […]
Fostering a generation of people who know, love, enjoy, and actively care for our earth and all of its citizens. This is Taproot’s mission. It’s what guides us as we develop new Taproot programs and offerings. Taproot is an organization firmly rooted in our family and community. All Taproot programs–Sprouts, ASP, Leadership Camp–have come about […]
I really miss your excellent Taproot Kids! I have gone back and forth and all around, hemmed and hawed, agonized and procrastinated about how to run Taproot this fall, and meanwhile the days are flying by and pretty soon there won’t be any fall left. So here’s what we’re going to do. I hope it […]
We’re not out of the woods yet. On a Taproot excursion, that’s a good thing. But in a pandemic, not so good. With COVID variants driving infection rates up–especially among children–we have decided to wait a little longer before opening any regular Taproot programming this fall. We will provide updates to this policy when possible […]